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Fire in forested region southwest of Melbourne breaches containment lines and threatens half a dozen towns

Exclusive: Former PM says Labor must stop ‘pretending nothing has changed’ and should outline how Australia will deal with the United States going forward

Public school students will be taught what it means to be proud of Australia by being forced to sing the national anthem, an education minister says.

Millions of people in southeastern Australia are sweating through a record-breaking heatwave. The heat this week is likely to be one for the history books. The heat began on Saturday January 24th. On Australia Day, three sites in South Australia and two in New South Wales broke their all-time temperature…

Doctors warn there are biological limits to temperatures we can survive, and exposure to extreme heat can provoke a heart attack

The local share market enjoyed its best day of the year so far, led by strong gains for BHP and Rio Tinto, while the Aussie was close to a 16-month high.

Novak Djokovic's walkover into the Australian Open quarter-finals is a huge boost but tennis greats are doubting the 38-year-old's ability to go all the way.

A white nationalist arrested for an anti-Semitic speech at a March for Australia rally is not part of any "active" neo-Nazi group, a court has heard.

It’s a problem as old as marriage and money: one spouse, usually the husband, using financial control to dominate the other.

Australia is adding another half a billion dollars to its infrastructure fund for the Pacific, with spending to focus on digital projects.

Turning their back on NRLW, rugby sevens sisters Maddison and Teagan Levi will vie for Olympic glory at the 2028 LA Games after re-signing with Rugby Australia.